Gi
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Gi is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Government Issue.
- KPNorth Korea≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 63K
- CLChile≈1 in 171K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 199 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
North Korea, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Government Issue
Sources 1
- 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 63K | — | Gi | 48 |
| KP North Korea | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 26K | 1 | — | — |
| US United States | 282 | 1 in 1.2M | 371 | Gi | 199 |
| PL Poland | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 237K | listed | — | 1 |
| PH Philippines | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 695K | — | Gi | 33 |
| CL Chile | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 171K | 1 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | ≈57 est. | ≈1 in 302K | 11 | — | 14 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); the pl-dane-pesel register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gi is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In cdo, wh S we met., indistinct, involved as words to “fetter one’s feet and hands,” bound by ties, or obligation
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, a tributary of the yellow river 3 in Honan. gl YR-z name of a river in Shantung, gl Hee SB fortunate, lucky, happy; tranquil
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, cross-roads, a same, also a mushroom, (ctinga one legged dragon, a statesman’s name, reverential
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, ) giaek F afte at a ou-sau ching) a pe ARIAL RUNSEBMA A Fin to pray for (success in) a lottery
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, a horse’s mane, the dorsal fin of a fish, a craggy shore, or stone bridge or jetty
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, a foot with six toes, the crawling of insects (bk). 4 same, (see Pais
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ji Dae-hanb. 1969KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor, 1969
- Ji Jin-heeb. 1971KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
- Ji Yun-namb. 1976KPnot in their usual nameNorth Korean footballer
- Ji Seung-hyunb. 1981KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
- Ji Hyeon-ub. 1984KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor and musician
- Ji Chang-wookb. 1987KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
- Ki Bo-baeb. 1988KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean archer
- Ki Sung-yuengb. 1989KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean association football player
- Ji Dong-wonb. 1991KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean footballer
- Ji So-Yunb. 1991KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 306 | #18,236 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 287 | #18,236 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 11 | #21,186 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 10 | #17,921 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 5 | — |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 2003 | 1 | — |
| KP North Korea | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 1 | #272 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gi mean, and where does it come from?
- Government Issue Recorded by 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples).
- In which country does Gi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Gi in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gi.
- How common is the name Gi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 282 people named Gi in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/giThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.